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E/C# — with the sixth in the bass

Also written E/Db — the same chord, spelled the other way.

Notes in E/C#: C# – E – G# – BFormula: 1 – 3 – 5 / 13

In the formula, the numbers count steps of the major scale starting from the note that names the chord; "b" lowers a half step, "#" raises one — and a slash names the bass note.

Put an A underneath the C chord and you have exactly the notes of Am7Am7Am7Am7. What changes is which note the ear takes as home: written C/A, C is still in charge; written Am7, A takes over.

The same chord on all four instruments

E/C#, x 4 2 1 0 0E/C#321×C#EG#BE
Guitar
E/C#, x 4 2 1 0 0E/C#321×C#EG#BE
Electric guitar
E/C#, 11 9 9 9E/C#93111C#EG#B
Cavaquinho
E/C#, 1 1 0 2E/C#112G#C#EB
Ukulele

Where to use it: The crossing between a major key and its relative minor, and descending bass lines generally.

The shapes of E/C# don't end on this page — the whole neck holds dozens. In Chord & Fret, you check it note by note, playing any shape as an arpeggio; open every variation on the neck, grouped by bass note; and change the tuning — the shape rewrites itself. Start free. Unlock everything with Pro. Plays offline.

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Part of the Inversions (slash) family.

Other chords in this family

E/G#E/BE/D#E/F#E/A

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